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S    E    L    E    C    T 

(  .  APR  ^V 1936 

PSALMS  x^Hy^^;^^/ 

FOR    THE    USE    OF 

Mr.  AdgateV  Pupils : 


AND    PROPER    FOR    ALL 


SINGING- SCHOOLS. 


PHILADELPHIA: 


Printed  at  the  Uranian  Press,  by  YOUNG  and 
M'C  U L  L  O  C H,  Corner  of  Cbefnut  8z  Sccond-peets. 

MDCCLXXXVII. 


The  Editor  to  the  Pubhc. 


-L  HE  difpofition  for  cultivating  Church- 
MuQc  having  become  very  general  through 
the  cityj  and  there  being  in  contemplation  a 
plan  for  carrying  it  into  full  effecl^  by  the 
eftablifhment  of  an  Inrtitution  for  the  ex- 
prefs  purpofe,  free  to  all,  and  without  ex- 
pence  to  the  learner, — it  has  been  thought 
under  thefe  circumflances,  that  a  fummary 
of  the  Pfalms  and  Hymns^  in  general  ufe^ 
comprehending  the  different  metres^ — //  not 
effentially  requifite^  ivouldy  at  leafly  be  ex- 
ceedingly convenient  for  finging  focieties  of 
every  defcription  :  correfpondent  to  this  idea, 
the  following  colle£lion  has  been  made^  and 
is  now  publifhed. 

In  refieEling  upon  the  nature^  importance^ 

and   pleafure   refulting  frsm    an    improved 

fiate  of  Church-Mufic,  every  lover  of  this 

branch 


4  Introduction. 

branch  of  InowJedgey  mujl  he  pleafed  iviih 
the  fentirnents  of  the  ingenious  and  philofo* 
phic  Mr,  Harrison  of  London,  on  the 
fuhjeEl. 

^^  The  son G  ov  V'^.M^Ti  is  an  aB  of  de- 
votion^ fo  hecomingy  delightful^  and  excel- 
lent ^  that  ive  find  it  coeval  with  the  fenfe  oj 
Deityy  authorifed  by  the  example  of  all  nati' 
onSy  and  univerfally  received  into  the  Jolem- 
nities  of  public  ivorfhip.  Under  the  Jewifli 
Difpenfation  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God  direcl- 
ed  to  this  expreffton  of  homage  as  peculiarly 
becoming  the  place  where  his  honour  dwel- 
letb.  The  book  of  Pfahiis,  as  the  name  itfelf 
imports y  was  adapted  to  the  voice  of  fong.. 
And  the  authors  of  thoje  invaluable  odes  well 
knew  the  fweetnefs,  dignity  and  animation 
that  were  hereby  added  to  the  f acred  fervice 
of  the  temple.  With  what  rapture  do  they 
defcribe  its  effecls^  with  what  fervour  do 
they  call  upon  their  fellow-worfhippers  to 
join  in.  this  delightful  duty  :  It  is  a  good 
thing  to  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  and 

to 


Introductio  n.  5 

to  fing   praifes  unto   thy  name,  O  thou 
Moft  High.     Praife  ye   the  Lord  ;    for  it 
is  good  to  (ing  praifes  unto  our  God,  for 
it  is  pleafant,  and  praife  is  comely.  O  fing 
unto  the  Lord  a  new  fong  ;  Ung  unto  ther 
Lord  all  the  earth  :    fing  unto  the  Lordj 
blefs  his  name  ;    fliew  forth  his  falvation 
from  day  to  day.     Nor  hath  Chriflianity 
difpenfed  with  religious  fong  as  an  unmeati' 
Jfjg  ceremony y  or  an  unprojitable  facrifice.   It 
commands  us  to  addrefs  the  Father  in  fplrit 
and  in  truth  ;     hut   it  neverthele/s  enjoins 
thofe   outward  acknowledgement^  that  fitly 
exprefs  and  cherijij  the  pious  temper.      Our 
hlejfed  Lord  was  pleafed  to  confecrate  this  aSi 
of  nvorfhip  by  his   own  example^  under  cir- 
cumfiances  the  mofi  aff'ecJing.     He  concluded 
the  celebration  of  that  f upper  which  luas  the 
memorial  of  his  dying  love^  by  an   hymii  of 
praife.     And  his  apojilcs  frequently   exhort 
to  the  obfervance  of  this  duty.  Let  the  word 
of  God  dwell  in  you  richly  in  all  wifdom: 
teaching  and  admonifliing  one  another  in 
pfalms,  and  hymns,  and  fpiritual  fangs  ; 
A  2  finging 


6  Introduction. 

iinging  with  grace  in  your  hearts  unto  the 
Lord. 

Divine  Song  is  undoubtedly  the  Ian* 
%uage  of  nature.  It  originates  from  our 
Jrame  and  conjlitution.  Do  lofty  contem* 
platioUy  elevated  joy^  and  fervour  of  affec* 
tiony  give  beauty  and  dignity  to  language, 
<ind  affociate  with  the  charms  of  poetry., 
by  a  kindred  laiv  which  the  Creator  hath 
ejiablifhedy  they  pleafngly  unite  with  Jlrains 
cffweetandfolemnUkViMO'iiY,  And  there 
are  two  principal  views  in  ivhich  Muftc 
*will  appear  to  render  eminent  fervice  to  the 
Jacrifice  of  praife. 

In  the  FIRST  place  it  fuitably  expres- 
ses   the  fentiments   of  Devotion ^   and  the 
fublime  delight  whic^  religion  is  fitted  to  in- 
fpire»     Joy   is  the  natural  effeSi  of  praife^^ 
€ind  SONG  the  proper  accompaniment  of  joy. 
Is  any  merry  or  glad,  let  him  fing  pfalms. 
And  finging  is  tiot  only  a  general  indication 
of  delight,  but  exprejfive  alfo  of  the  prevailing 
Jentiments  and  pajjions  oj  the  mind.      It  can 
Mccommldaie  itfelf  to  the  various  modificati- 
ons 


•  Introduction.         7 

■ofis  of  love  and  joy,  the  ejjence  of  a  devoti' 
onal  temper.  It  hath  lofty  flrains  for  the 
fub limit y  of  admiration ^  plaintive  accents 
ivhich  become  the  tear  of  penitence  thid  form 
roWf  it  can  adopt  the  humble  plea  of  fuppli- 
*:atieny  or  f well  in  the  bolder  notes  of  thanhf- 
givitig  and  triumphs  ITet  it  hath  been  prO' 
perly  remarked y  that  the  influence  of  fong 
reaches  only  to  the  amiable  and  pleaiing  aj- 
feBionSy  and  that  it  hath  no  exprejjlon  for 
malignant  and  tormetiting  pqjjtofis,  The 
forrow  therejore  to  ivhich  it  is  attuned ^Jljould 
be  mingled  ivith  hope,  the  penitetice  ivhich  it 
exprejfes  cheered  with  the  fenfe  of  pardon  i 
and  the  mournful  fcenes  on  ivhich  it  fome.' 
times  dwells  irradiated  with  the  glorious 
views  and  conflations  of  the  gofpel. 

In  the  SECOND  place ^  mufic  not  only  de* 
cently  expreffes,  but  powerfully  excites 
and  IMPROVES  the  devout  affeBions.  Jt  is 
the  prerogative  of  this  noble  art  to  cheer  and 
invigorate  the  mindy  to  flill  the  tumultuous 
paffionsy  to  calm  the  trciibled  thoughts ^  and  to 
fix  the  wandering  attention.  And  hereby  fhe 

happilj^ 


S^        Introduction. 

<happily  compofes  and  prepares  the  heart  for 
the  exerc'ifes  of  piihlic  ivorfhip.    But fhe  far ■ 
ther  hoajis   a  wonierous  ejfficacy  in  leading 
to  that  peculiar  temper  luhich  becomes  the 
fubjedl  of  praifcy  and  is  favourable  to  relim  _ 
gious  irnprejfion.      She  cjn  Jirike   the   mind  ' 
ivith  folemnity  and  aive^  or  melt  with  ten  • 
dernefs  and  love;  can  animate  nvith  hope  and 
gladnefs,  or  call  fvrth  the  fenfations  cf  de* 
<uout   and  affectionate  forroiu.     Even  fepa- 
rate  and  unconneEled^  fhe  can   influence  the 
various  pafjlons  and  movements  of  the  foul, 
fiutflje  naturally  feeks  an  alliance^  and  mufl 
Jbe  joined  with  becoming  fentiments  and  lanm 
guage  in  order  to  produce  her  full  and  prO" 
per  effeB,     And  never  is  her  energy  Jo  con^ 
fpicuous  and  delightful  as  when  confecrated 
to  the  fervice  of  religion ^  and  employed  z«  the 
courts  of  the  living  God.     Here  fjje  dif- 
plays  her  noblefi  ufe  and  her  hrightefl  glory. 
Here  alone  Jhe  meets  with  themes  that  fill  the 
capacity  of  an  i?nmortal  mind,  and  claim  its 
noblefi  powers  and  affeSfions.     What  voice  of 
^ongfi3  honourable^  fo  devating  and  delightful? 

To 


Introduction.  9 

To  whom  /hall  the  breath  afcend  in  melodious 
accents^  if  not  to  him  who  firji   infpired  it  ? 
IVhere  Jhall  admiration  take  her  loftiejl  flights^ 
hut  to  the  throne  of  the  everlajling  Jehovah  ? 
Or  what  Jhall  awake  our  glory  and  kindle 
Our  ivarmeji  gratitude^  if  not  the  remernhrance 
sfhis  daily  rnercies^  and  the  praifes  of  redeem- 
ing love  P    TVhen  the  union  of  the  heart  and 
voice  is  thus  happily  arranged;    when  fublime 
fuhjecls  ofpraife  are  accompanied  with  expref- 
fve  harmony^  and  the  pleafures  of  genuine  de- 
votion heightened  by  the  charms  of  finging^  we 
"participate   of  the  mcfi  pure^  rational^  noble, 
and  exquifte  enjoyments  that  human  nature  is 
capable    of  receiving.      The  foul  forgets    her 
confinement  with  the  body^  is  elevated  beyond 
the  cares  and  tumults  of  this  mortal  Jiate^  and 
feems  for  a  while  tranfported  to  the  blijsful  re^ 
gions  of  perfect  love  and  joy.     Arid  it  is  worthy 
of  remark^  that  the  facred  lOritings  delight  to 
reprefent  the  heavenly  felicity  under  this  image. 
And  though  fuch    language  is   allowed  to  be 
figurative^  though  eye  hath  not  feen,  nor 
ear  heard,  neither  hath  it  entered  into  the 

hearf 


so        Introduction, 

heart  of  man  to  conceive  the  things  that 
God  hath  prepared  for  them  that  love  him, 
yet  our  mojl  natural^  our  moji  juji  conception 
of  the  happinefs  of  the  heavenly  world^  is  that 
which  we  have  been  defer ibing^  viz.  fublime 
devotion  accompanied  luith  rapturous  delight. 

But   bsfiics  the   more    immediate  propriety 
and  ufe  of  Divine  Song  in  the  ordinances  of 
religion^  its  indire6l  advantages  have  a  claim 
to  our  regard.      It  is  not  only  in  itf elf  delight- 
ful and  profitable^  but  it  gives  animation  to 
the  other  parts  of  public  wor/hip.      It  relieve^ 
the   attention^    recruits  the  exhaufted  fpirits^ 
and  begets  a  happy  cojnpofure  and  tranquility. 
It  is  peculiarly  agreeable  as  a  facial  a£i^  and 
Shat  in  which  every  perfon  may  be  employed. 
Nor  is  it  the  leaf  of  its  benefits^  that  it  affo^ 
dates  pleafmg  ideas  with  divine  vjorjhip^  and 
7nakes  us  glad  when  we  go  into  the   houfe 
of  the  Lord.     //  is  alfo  a  bond  of  union  in 
religious  focieties^  promotes  the  regular  attend- 
ance of  their  members^  and  feldom  fails  of  ad^ 
ding  tn  their  numbers.     The  early  Chri/iians 
found  their  account  in  a  remarkable  attach- 
ment 


Intropuction.         II 

fneni  to  pfalmocly^  and  almoji  every  riftng  feSf 
have  availed  themfelves  of  its  important  de- 
lights and  advantages.      It  mujl  he  confejfed^ 
that  where  pleafure  is  the  fole  attra£lion^  the 
motive  is  of  an  inferior  nature.      But  is  it  not 
G  commendable  policy  to  promote  regular  atten^ 
dance  upon  places  of  worjhip^  by  any  means 
that  are  not  reprehenfible  P    JVill  not  the  moji 
beneficial  confequences  probably  enfue  ?    Is  then 
not  every  reafon  to  expeSi  that  per fons  who  fre- 
quent the  houfe  of  God  with  this  view  alone^ 
will  not  be  uninterejled  in  the  other  fervices  of 
religion. — That  they  who   come  to  ftng  may 
learn  to  pray^  that  they  whofe  only  wijh  was  to 
he  entertained  may  find  themfelves   injlru6led 
and  improved. 

Such  is  the  happy  tendency  of  well-regulated 
fong  in  the  houfe  of  God.  But  alas  I  how  f el- 
domis  this  part  of  the  fervice  accompanied  with 
its  proper  effe£l.  It  was  the  remark  of  an 
eminent  writer.^  too  applicable  to  the  prefent 
time,  that  "  the  worfhip  in  which  we 
(hould  moft  refemble  the  inhabitants  of 
Heaven,    is    the  worft    performed  upon 

earth/' 


12        Introduction-. 

earth."  His  pious  labours  ha'ue  greatly  en- 
riched the  jnvittQr:  of  fong^  and  hereby  contri- 
buted to  remove  one  caufe  of  this  complaint^  but 
in  the  manner  there  jVill  remains  a  yraferable 
defe^.  Too  often  does  a  difgraceful  ftknce 
prevail  to  the  utter  negleSl  of  this  duty.  II oo 
often  are  difj'onance  and  difcord  fubjlituted  for 
the  charms  of  melody  and  harmony ;  and  the 
Tinging  performed  in  a  way  fo  flovenly  and  in- 
decent^ thai  as  the  fame  writer  obferves^  ''  in- 
flead  of  elevating  our  devotions  to  the  moft 
divine  and  delightful  fenfations,  it  awakens 
our  regret,  and  touches  all  the  fprings  of 
uneafinefs  w^ithin  us.'" 

But  is  this  owing  to  caufes  that  cannot  be 
removed^  or  doth  it  not  imply  reproach  and 
blame  ?  IVillnot  truth  oblige  us  toconfefs,  that 
the  fault  refis  not  in  the  want  of  natural  tajie 
and  abilities  nor  of  fuffcient  leifure^  but  in 
grofs  carelefsnefs  andnegleSl?  Moderate  atte?i- 
tion  and  application  would  furmount  every 
difficulty^  and  lead  to  a  fuitable  proficiency  in 
this  happy  art.  An  exercife  fo  pleafing  and 
attraSiive  feems  only  to  want  regulation  and 
method," 


INTRODUCTORY  VERSES. 

On  the  Divine  life  of  Mujtj. 


"^TTE  fing  to  thee,  whofe  wifdom  form'J 

'^  '  The  curious  organs  of  the  car  ; 
And  thou  who  gav'ft  us  voices,  Lord, 
Our  grateful  fongs  in  kindnefs  hear. 

II. 
We'll  joy  in  God  who  is  the  fpring 
Of  facred  joy  and  heav'nly  mirth  ; 
Whofe  boundlefs  love  is  fitly  call'd, 
"  The  harmony  of  heav*n  and  earth." 
III. 

Thefe  praifes,  deareft  Lord,  aloud, 
Our  humbleft  fonnets  fhall  rehearfc, 
Which  rightly  tun'd,   arc  rightly  llil'd, 
"  The  mufic  of  the  univerfe.'* 

IV. 
We'll  hallow  pleafures,  and  reflrain 
From  vulgar  ufe  our  precious  voice  ; 
Thefe  lips  which  wantonly  have  fung, 
Shall  ferve  our  turn  for  nobler  joys. 

B  \. 


14        Introductory  Verses, 

V. 

And  that  we  may  prepared  be, 
To  join  the  heavenly  choir  above, 
While  here  below  we'll  learn  t©  fing 
The  wonders  of  redeeming  love. 

Pause. 

VI. 
Mufic  religious  thoughts  infpircs, 
And  kindles  in  us  pure  defires  ; 
Gives  pleafure  to  a  well-tun'd  mind, 
The  moll  exalted  and  refin'd. 

VII. 

Mufic  the  cold  eft  heart  can  warm, 
The  hardcft  melt  the  fierceft  charm  j 
Difarm  the  favage  of  his  rage, 
Difpel  our  cares,  and  pains  affuagc  : 

VIII. 
With  joy  it  can  our  fouls  infpire, 
And  tune  our  tempers  to  the  lyre ; 
Our  paffions  like  the  notes  agree. 
And  ftand  fubduM  by  harmony. 


SELECT 


SELECT 

PSALMS    AND   HYMNS. 


LONG      M  E  7  R  E  S. 

I. 

Tra'ife  to   God. 
I. 

BEFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
Ye  nations  bow  with  facred  joy  : 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone; 
He  can  create,  and  he  deftroy. 

II. 
His  fov'reign  pow'r  without  our  aid, 
Made. us  of  clay,  and  formM  us  men  ; 
And  when,  like  wand'ring  fheep,  we  llray'd, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again* 

III. 
We'll  crewd  thy  gates  with  thankful  fongs, 
High  as  the  heavens  our  voices  raife, 
And  earth,  with  her  ten  thoufand  tongues. 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  foundisg  praife. 

IV. 
Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command ; 
Vafl:  as  eternity  thy  love  ; 
Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  muft  (land. 
When  rolling  years  /ball  ceafe  to  moyt, 

II. 


i6  Psalms  and  Htmns. 

II. 

^  For  the  Beginning  of  the  Year. 

I. 

ETERNA.L  fource  of  ev'ry  joy, 
Well  may  thy  praife  our  lips  employ, 
While  in  thy  temple  we  appear  ; 
Thy  goodnefs  crowns  the  circling  year. 

II. 
Wide  as  the  earth  and  planets  roll, 
Thy  hand  fiipports  and  cheers  the  whole  ; 
By  thee  the  fun  is  taught  to  rife, 
>^  nd  darknefs  when  to  veil  the  flcies. 

III. 
The  flow'ry  fpriiig  at  thy  command, 
Embalms  the  air  and  paints  the  land  ; 
The  fummer-rays  with  vigour  (hine. 
To  raife  the  corn,  and  cheer  the  vine. 

IV. 
Seafons,  and  months,  and  weeks,  and  daysi 
Demand  fucceffive  hymns  of  praife  : 
Still  be  the  cheerful  homage  paid. 
With  morning  light  and  ev'ning  fhadc. 

V. 
O  may  our  more  harmonious  tongues. 
In  worlds  unknown  purfue  the  fongs  ; 
And  in  thofe  brighter  courts  adore. 
Where  days  ajid  years  r  evolve  no  more. 

III. 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  17 

III. 

Pralfe  to   God  from  all  Nations. 
I. 

FROM  all  that  dwell  below  the  fldes. 
Let  the  Creator's  power  arife  : 
Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  fung 
Through  ev'ry  land,  by  ev'ry  tongue. 

II. 
Eternal  are  thy  meixies,  Lord  ; 
Eternal  truths  attend  thy  word  ; 
Thy  praife  fliall  found  from  fhore  to  fhore. 
Till  funs  fhall  rife  and  fet  no  more. 

IV. 

Sun,  J\doon^  and  Stars,  praife  ye  thi  Lord. 
I. 

FAIREST  of  all  the  lights  above, 
Thou  fun,  whofe  beams  adorn  the  fpheres. 
And  with  unweary'd  fwlftncfa  move, 
To  form  the  circles  of  our  years ; 

II. 
Praife  the  Creator  of  the  ficies, 
That  drefs*d  thine  orb  in  golden  rays; 
Or  may  the  fun  forget  to  rife. 
If  he  forget  his  Maker's  praife. 

B  2  III. 


j8  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

III. 

Thou  reigning  beauty  of  the  night, 
Fair  queen  of  filence,  filver  moon, 
Wl;ofe  gentle  beams  and  borrow'd  light. 
Are  fofter  rivals  of  the  noon  ; 

IV. 
Arife,  and  to  that  SovVeign  power 
Waxing  and  waining  honours  pay, 
Who  bid  thee  rule  the  duflcy  hour. 
And  half  fupply  the   abfent  day. 

V. 
Ye  twinkling  ilars  who  gild  the  fides, 
When  dai-knefs  has  its  curtains  drawn, ' 
Who  keep  your  watch  with  wakeful  eyes, 
When  bufmefs,  cares,  and  day  are  gone  ; 

VJ. 
Proclaim  the  glories  ef  your  Lord, 
DifperfsM  through  all  the  heavenly  ftreet, 
Whofe  boundlefs  treafures  can  afford. 
So  rich  a  pavement  for  his  feet. 

VII. 
Thou  heav'n  of  heav'ns,  fuprcmely  bright, 
Fair  palace  of  the  court  divine. 
Where,   with  inimitable  light. 
The  Godhead  condefcends  to  fhine ; 

VIII. 
Praife  thou  thy  great  Inhabitant, 
Who  fcattcrs  lovely  beams  of  grace 

On 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  i^ 

On  every  angel,  every  faint  ; 
Nor  veils  the  luilre  of  his  face. 

IX. 
O  God  of  glory,   God  of  love,  - 
Thou  art  the  fun  that  makes  our  days  : 
With  all  thy  fhining  works  above, 
Let  earth  and  dufl  attempt  thy  praifc. 

V. 

^od's   IVon.ijrs  cf  Crea'.'ion^  Frovidence,  and  Ridemptloiu 
1. 

GIVE  t©  our  God  immortal  praife! 
Mercy  and  truth  are  all  his  ways  : 
*'  Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong; 
*'   Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong. 

n. 
Give  to  the  Lord  of  lords  renown. 
The  King  of  kings  with  glery  crown  : 
■*'   His  mercies  ever  fhall  endure, 
**  When  lords  and  kings  are  known  bo  more. 

Hi. 
He  built  the  earth,,  he  fpread  the  fky. 
And  fix'd  the  ftarry  heights  on  high  : 
**  Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong ; 
**  Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong. 

IV. 
He  fills  the  fun  with  morning  light, 
He  bids  the  ixiooa  dir<^  the  night ; 

*«  H» 


20  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

•*  His  mercies  ever  (hall  endure, 

**  When  funs  and  moons  fhall  fhine  no  more. 

V. 
The  Jews  he  freed  from  Pharoah's  hand, 
And  brought  them  to   the  promis'd   land  : 
"  Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong  ; 
^*   Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong. 

VI. 
He  faw  the  Gentiles  dead  in  fm, 
And  felt  his  pity  work  within: 
*'  His  mercies  ever  fhall  endure, 
"  Wken  death  and  fin  fhall  reign  no  more. 

VII. 
He  fent  his  Son  with  pow*rto  favc 
From  guilt  and  darknefs  and  the  grave : 
**  Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong : 
**  Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  fong. 

VIII. 
Thro'  this  vain  world  he  guides  our  feet. 
And  leads  us  to  his  heav'nly  feat : 
**  His  mercies  ever  fhall  endure, 
**  When  this  vain  world  fhall  be  no  more. 

VL 

The  all-fee'm^   Ged, 
I. 

T   ORD  thou  haft  fearch'd  and  feen  me  thro', 
'*-'  Thine  eye  commands  with  piercing  view  j 

My 


Psalms  and  Htmns.  21 

My  rlfing  and  my  refting  hours, 

My  heart  and  flefli,  with  all  their  powers. 

II. 
My  thoughts  before  they  arc  my  own, 
Are  to  my  God  diftindlly  known  ; 
He  knows  the  words  I  mean  to  fpeak, 
Ere  from  my  op'ning  lips  they  break. 

III. 
Within  thy  circling  power  I  fland 
On  ev'ry  fide  I  find  thy  hand  ; 
Awake,  afleep,  at  home,  abroad, 
I  am  furrounded  flill  with  God. 

IV. 
Amazing  knowledge !   vaft  and  great ! 
"What  large  extent !    what  lofty  height  ! 
My  foul,  with  all  the  powr*s  I  boaft 
Is  in  the.boundlefs  profped:  loft. 

V. 
**  O  may  thefe  thoughts  poffefs  my  breail, 
**  Where'er  I  rove,  where'er  I  reft ! 
**  Nor  let  my  weaker  paflions  dare 
**  Confent  to  fin  for  God  is  there. 

Pause  I. 

VI. 
Could  I  fo  falfe,  fo  fafthlefs  prove, 
iTo  quit  thy  fervic^  and  thy  love. 
Where,  Lord,  could  I  thy  fervice  ftiun  I 
Or  from  thy  dread  ful  glory  run  ? 

VII. 


22  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

VII. 
If  up  to  hcav'n  I  take  my  flight, 
'Tis  there  thou  dwelPft  enthronM  in  light; 
Or  dive  to  hell,  there  vengeance  reigns. 
And  Satan  groans  beneath  thy  chains. 

VIII. 
If  mounted  on  a  morning  ray, 
I  fly  beyond  the  weftern  fea. 
Thy  fwifter  hand  would  firft  arrive. 
And  there  arrcft  thy  fugitive. 

IX. 
Or  fhould  I  try  to  ftiun  thy  fight, 
Beneath  the  fpreading  veil  of  night. 
One  glance  of  thine,  one  piercing  ray^ 
Would  kindle  darknefs  into  day. 

X. 
**  O  may  thefc  thoughts  poflefs  my  breaft, 
**  Where'er  I  rove,  where'er  I  reft ! 
♦*  Nor  let  my  weaker  paflions  dare 
**  Coafent  to  fin,  for  God  is  there. 

Pause  II. 
XI. 
The  veil  of  night  is  no  difguife, 
No  fcreen  from  thy  all-fearching  eyes  : 
Thy  hand  can  fearch  thy  foes  as  foon 
Thro"*  midnight  ftiades,  as  blazing  noon. 

XU. 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  13 

XII. 
Midnight  and  noon  in  this  agree, 
Great  God,  they*rc  both  alike  to  thee  : 
Not  death  can  hide  what  God  will  fpy, 
And  hell  lies  naked  to  his  eye. 

XIII. 
**  O  may  thefe  thoughts  poflefs  my  breaft, 
'*  Where'er  I  rove,  where'er  I  reft! 
"  Nor  let  my  weaker  pafTions  dare 
**  Confent  to  fin,  for  God  is  there. 

VII. 

The  GItry  of  Cod  in    Creation  aud  Providence. 
I. 

MY  foul,  thy  great  Creator  praife  : 
When  cloth'd  in  his  ccleftial  rays 
He  in  full  majefty  appears 
-And,  like  a  robe,  his  glory  wears. 

Note,  Tfj'is  Pfalm  may  be  fung  to  the  tune  of  the  Oldliltb, 
«r  IZJt/j  Pfalm,  by  adding  thefe  li/ies  to  every  Jfanza,  viz. 

Great  is  the  L«rd  ;  what  tongue  can  frame 
An  equal  honour  to  his  name  ? 

Otherivife  it  muf^be  fung  as  the  100th  Pfalm. 
II. 

The  heav'ns  are  for  his  curtains  fpread, 
Th'  unfathom'd  deep  he  makes  his  bed  ; 
Clouds  are  his  chariot  when  he  flies 
On  winged  ftorms  acroJTs  the  ikies. 

III. 


24  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

III. 
Angels,  whom  his  own  breatli  Infplres, 
His  minifters  are  flaming  fires  : 
And  fvvift  as  thought  their  armies  more 
To  bear  his  vengeance  or  his  love. 

IV. 
The  world's  foundations  by  his  hand 
Arc  pois'd,  and  (hall  for  ever  (land ; 
He  binds  the  ocean  in  his  chain, 
Left  it  fhould  drown  the  earth  again. 

V. 
when  earth  was  cover'd  with  the  flood, 
Which  high  above  the  mountains  flood, 
He  thundcr'd,  and  the  ocean  fled, 
Confin'd  to  its  appointed  bed, 

VI. 
The  fwelling  billows  know  their  bound, 
And  in  their  channels  walk  their  round  : 
Yet  thence  convey'd  by  fecrct  veins. 
They  fpring  on  hills  and  drench  the  plains. 

VII. 
He  bids  the  chryftal  fountains  flow, 
And  chear  the  vallies  as  they  go  ; 
Tame  heifers  there  their  thirll  allay. 
And  for  the  ftream  wild  afles  bray. 

VIII. 
From  pleafant  trees  which  ftiade  the  brink. 
The  lark  and  linnet  lisrht  to  drink  ; 

Their 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  25 

Their  fongs  the  lark  and  linnet  raife. 
And  chide  our  filencc  in  his  praife. 

Pause   L 

IX. 
God,  from  his  cloudy  ciftern,  pours 
On  the  parch'd  earth  enriching  fhow'rs  : 
The  grove,  the  garden,  and  the  field, 
A  thoufand  joyful  bleflings  yield. 

X. 
He  makes  the  grafly  food  anfe, 
And  gives  the  cattle  large  fupplies: 
With  herbs  for  man  of  various  powV, 
To  nouriih  nature  or  to  cure. 

XI. 
What  noble  fruit  the  vines  produce  ! 
The  olive  yields  a  ftiining  juice; 
Our  hearts  are  chear'd  with  genVous  wine, 
With  inward  joy  our  faces  fliine. 

XII. 
O  blefs  hie  name,  ye  people,  fed 
With  nature's  chief  fupporter,  bread  : 
While  bread  your  vital  ftrength  imparts, 
SiTve  him  with  vigour  in  your  hearts. 

Pause  IL 

XIII. 
Behold  the  ftately  cedar  Hands, 
Rdis'd  in  the  forefl  by  his  hands; 

C  Birds 


26  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

Birds  to  the  boughs  for  (hclter  fly, 
And  buiid  their  nefts  fecure  on  high*^ 

XIV. 
To  craggy  hills  afcends  the  goat ; 
And  at  the  airy  mountains  foot 
The  feebler  creatures  make  their  cell  f 
He  gives  them  wifdom  where  to  dwell. 

XV. 
He  fets  the  fun  his  circling  race  ; 
Appoints  the  moon  to  change  her  face : 
And  when  thick  darknefs  veils  the  day, 
Calls  out  wild  beafts  to  hunt  their  prey. 

XVI. 
Fierce  lions  lead  their  young  abroad, 
And^  roaring,  afli  their  meat  fr^)m  God  j 
But  when  tlie  morning  beams  arife, 
The  favage  beaft  to  covert  flies. 

XVII. 
Then  man  to  daily  labour  goes;» 
The  night  was  made  for  his  repofe  ; 
Sleep  is  thy  gift,  that  fweet  relief 
From  tirefome  toil  and  wafting  grief. 

XVIII. 
How  ftrange  thy  works!   how  great  thy  ildll J 
And  ev'ry  land  thy  riches  fill  j 
Thy  wifdom  round  the  world  we  fee, 
This  fpacious  earth  is  full  of  ijiee. 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  27 

XIX. 
Nor  lefs  thy  glories  in  the  deep, 
Where  fifh  in  millions  fwim  and  creep, 
With  wond'roiis  motions,  fwift  or  flow, 
Still  wand'ring  in  the  paths  below. 

XX. 
There  ihips  divide  their  wat'ry  way, 
And  flocks  of  fcaly  monlters  play  ; 
There  dwells  the  huge  leviathan, 
And  foams  and  fports  in  fpite  of  man. 

Pause  III. 

XXL 
Vaft  are  thy  works,  almighty  Lord, 
All  nature  refts  upon  thy  word  ; 
And  the  whole  race  of  creatures  ftands. 
Waiting  their  portion  from  thy  hands. 

XXII. 
While  each  receives  his  diff'rent  food. 
Their  ch earful  looks  pronounce  it  good  : 
Eagles,  and  bears,  and  whales,  and  worms 
Rejoice  and  praife  in  diff'rent  forms. 

XXIIL 
But  when  thy  face  is  hid  they  mourn, 
And  dying  to  their  dull  return  j 
Both  man  and  beaft  their  fouls  refign  ; 
Life,  breath,  and  fpirit,  all  15  thine. 

XXIV. 


2B  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

XXIV. 
Yet  thou  canft  breathe  on  dufl;  again. 
And  fill  the  world  with  beads  and  men  ; 
A  word  of  thy  creating  breath 
Repairs  the  waftes  of  time  and  death, 

XXV. 
His  works,  the  wonders  of  his  might. 
Are  honour'd  with  his  own  delight : 
liow  awful  are  his  glorious  ways  ! 
The  Lord  is  dreadful  in  his  praife. 

XXVI. 
The  earth  {lands  trembling  at  thy  ftroke, 
And  at  thy  touch  the  mountains  fmoke  ; 
Yet  humble  fouls  may  fee  thy  face, 
And  tell  their  wants  to  fov'reign  grace. 

XXVII. 
In  thee  my  hopes  and  wifhes  meet. 
And  make  my  meditations  fweet ; 
Thy  praifes  fhall  my  breath  employ, 
Till  it  expire  in  endlefs  joy. 

XXVIIl. 
While  haughty  fmners  die  accurft, 
Their  glory  bury'd  with  their  duft, 
1  to  my  God,  my  heav'nly  King, 
Immortal  hallelujahs  fing. 


VIII. 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  29 

VIII. 

A  ntxu   Softc^  for   Morning  and  E-Jimr.r- 
1. 

MY  God,  how  endlefs  is  tliy  love  ! 
Thy  gifts  are  tv'ry  ev'ning  new  : 
And  morning-mercies  from  above. 
Gently  didil  like  morning;  dew. 

II. 
Thou  fpread'ft  thy  curtains  of  the  night. 
Great  Guardian  of  my  fleeping  hours  ; 
Thy  fov'reign  word  reftores  the  light. 
And  quickens  all  my  drowfy  pow'rs. 

III. 
I  yield  my  pow'rs  to  thy  command. 
To  thee  I  confecrate  my  days  : 
Perpetual  bleflings  from   thine  hand 
Demand  perpetual  fongs  of  praife. 

IX. 

Praife  to  Qo.1  for  his  trreainefs. 
I. 

OCome,  loud  anthems  let  us  finff. 
Loud  thanks  to  our  almi^^hty  King ; 
For  we  our  voices  high  fhould  raife. 
When  our  falvation's  Rock  we  praife. 

II. 
Into  his  prefence  let  us  haftc, 
To  thank  him  for  his  favours  paft, 

C  2  To 


3*0  I^sAlms  a'hd  Hymns. 

To  him  addrefs  in  joyful  fongs, 
The  praife  that  to  his  name  belongs* 

III. 
For  God  the  Lord,  enthron'd  in  Hate, 
Is,   with  unrivaPd  glory,   c^Tcat; 
A  king  fupericr  far  to  all, 
Whom  by  his  title  God  we  call, 

IV. 
The  depths  of  earth  are  in  his  hand, 
Herfecret  wealth  at  his  command; 
The  llrcngth  of  hills  that  threat  the  flcies, 
Subje£led  to  his  empire  lies. 

V. 
The  rolling  ocean's  vaft  abyfs 
By  the  fame  fov'reign  right  is  his; 
'Tismov'd  by  his  Almighty  hand, 
That  form'd  and  fix'd  the  fblid  land. 

VI. 
O  let  us  to  his  courts  repair. 
And  bow  witli  admiration  there: 
Down  on  our  knees  devoutly  all 
Before  the  Lord  our  maker  fall. 

X. 

The    Gad  of  Thunder. 
I. 

The  immenfe,  the  amazing  heightj 
The  boundlefs  grandeur  of  our  Goi>, 


o 


who 


PSALMS  AND  Hymns.  qi 

Who  treads  the  world  beneath  his  feet, 
And  fways  the  nations  with  his  nod. 

II. 
Hefpeaks:   and  lo,  all  nature  (hakes, 
Heav'n's  everlalling  pillars  bow  ; 
He  rends  thcclouds  with  hideous  cracks, 
And  fliouts  his  fiery  arrows  through. 

III. 
Well,  let  the  nations  ftart  and  fly 
At  the  blue  lightnings  horrid  glare; 
Atheifts  and  emperors  fhrink  and  die. 
When  flame  and  noife  torment  the  air. 

IV. 
Let  noife  and  flame  confouTid  the  Ikies, 
And  drown  the  fpacious  realms  below  ; 
Yet  we  will  fing  the  Thunderer's  praife, 
And  fend  our  loud  Hofannas  through. 

V. 
Celeftial  King,  thy  blazing  power. 
Kindles  our  hearts  to  flaming  joys. 
We  fliout  to  hear  thy  thunders  roar, 
iind  echo  to  our  father's  voice. 

VI. 
Thus  ftiall  the  God  our  Saviour  come. 
And  light'nings  round  his  chariot  play  ; 
Ye  light'nings  fly  to  make  him  room; 
Ye  glorious  ftorms,  prepare  his  way. 


32  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

XL 

A  Penitent  pleading  for  Pardon. 
I. 

SHEW  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord,  forgive. 
Let  a  repenting  rebel  live  ; 
Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free  ? 
May  not  a  fmner  trull  in  thej:  ? 

II. 
My  crimes  are  great,  but  not  furpafs        ^ 
The  power  and  glory  of  thy  grace  : 
Great  God,  thy  nature  hath  no  bound,. 
So  let  thy  pard'niTig  love  be  fownd, 
III. 

0  wafh  my  foul  from  ev'ry  fin, 

And  make  my  guilty  confcieace  clean  i 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lyes. 
And  paft  offences  pain  mine  eyes. 

IV. 
My  lips  with  iham£  my  fins  confefs 
Againft  thy  law,  againft  thy  grac^ ; 
Lord,  fhould  thy  judgment  grow  feverc^ 

1  am  condemn'd,  but  thou  art  clear. 

V. 
Should  fudden  venj^'ance  feize  my  breath, 
I  muft  pronounce  thee  jull  in  death  : 
And  if  my  foul  were  fent  to  hell, 
Thy  righteous  law  approves  it  well. 

VL 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  -■ 

VI. 
Yet  fave  a  trembling  finner.  Lord, 
Whofe  hope  ftill  hov'ring  round  thy  word. 
Would  light  on  fome  fweet  promife  there, 
Some  fure  fupport  againft  defpair. 

XII. 

On  the   Glory  of,   God  in  the  Jlnrry   Heavens, 
J. 

THE  fpacious  firmament  on  high 
With   all  the  blue  etherial  flcy 
And  fpangled  heav'ns  a  fKlning  frame, 
Their  great  Original  proclaim. 

II. 
Th'  unwearied  fun,  from  day  to  day. 
Does  his  Creator^s  pow'r  difplay. 
And  publifhes  to  every  land, 
The  work  of  an  almighty  hand. 

III. 
Soon  as  the  evening  fhades  prevail. 
The  moon  takes  up  the  wond'rous  tale  ; 
And  nightly  to  the  lift'ning  earth, 
Repeats  the  ftory  of  her  birth  : 

IV. 
Whilft  all  the  ftars  that  round  her  burn, 
And  all  the  planets  in  their  turn 
Confirm  the  tidings  as  they  roll. 

And  fpread  the  truth  fi^opi  pole  to  pole. 


34  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

Vv 

What  though  in  folemn  filence  all. 
Move  round  the  dark  terreftrial  ball ; 
What  though  no  real  voice  nor  found 
Amidft  their  radiant  orbs  be  found  ; 

VI. 
In  reafon's  ear  they  all  rejoice. 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice. 
For  ever  finging  as  they  fhine, 
"  The  hand  that  made  us  is  divine.*' 

XIIL 

The  Reivard  of  tie  liheral  and  chdrHail:  Man. 

r. 

THE  foul  that's  fill'd  with  virtue's  light, 
Shines  brighteft  in  affli8:ion's  night : 
To  pity  the  diftrefs'd  inclin'd, 
As  well  as  juft  to  all  mankind, 

II. 
His  llb'ral  favours  he  extends. 
To  feme  lie  gives,  to  ethers  leads > 
Yet,   what  his  charity  impairs. 
He  faves  by  prudence  ia  affairs. 

III. 
His  houfe,  the  feat  of  wealth  (Kail  be 
An  inexhau-fted  treafufy ; 
His  goodncfs,  free  from  all  decay, 
Shall  blelfings  to  bis  heira  C0ttvey>. 


Psalms  and  Hymns. 


35 


IV. 
His  hands,  while  they  his  alms  beftow'd, 
His  glory's  future  harvcft  fowM ; 
Whence  he  fhall  reap  joy,  peace,  renown, 
A  temporal  and  eternal  crown. 

XIV. 

Man  mortal  and  God  eternal. 
[A  mournful  Song  at  a  Funeral.] 

THRO'  ev'ry  age,  eternal  God, 
Thou  art  our  reft,  our  fafe  abode  : 
High  was  thy  throne  e'er  heav'n  was  made, 
Or  earth,  thy  humble  fcotftool,  laid- 

II. 
Long  hadft  thou  reign'd  e'er  time  began. 
Or  duft  was  fafhion'd  to   a  man: 
And  long  thy  kingdom  fhall  endure. 
When  earth  and  time  fhall  be  no  more- 
Ill. 
But  man,  weak  man,   is  born  to  die. 
Made  up  of  guik  and  vanity  : 
Thy  'dreadful  fentence,  Lord,  was  juft, 
"   Return,  ye  finners,  to  your  duft." 

IV. 
£A  thoufand  of  our  years  amount, 
Scarce  to  a  day  in  thine  account ; 
Like  yefterday's  departing  light. 
Or  the  laft  watch  of  ending  night.] 
r  Pause 


3"6  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

Pause. 


# 


V 


FDeath,  like  an  over-flowing  fl:ream,'^ 
Sweeps  us  away  ;   our  life's  a  dream  ; 
An  empty  tale  ;  a  morning  flow'r 
Cut  down  and  wither'd  in  an  hour. 

VI. 
[]Our  age  to  feventy  years  is  fet ; 
How  fhort  the  term  !   how  frail  the  ftate! 
And  if  to  eighty  we  arrive, 
We  rather  figh  and  groan  than  live. 

VII. 
But,  O  how  oft  thy  wrath  appears, 
And  cuts  off  our  expefted  years! 
Thy  wrath  awakes  our  humble  dread ; 
We  fear  the  pow'r  that  ftrikes  us  dead] 

VIII. 
Teach  us,   O  Lord,  how  frail  is  man  j 
And  kindly  lengthen  out  our  fpan. 
Till  a  wife  care  of  piety 
Fit  us  to  die  and  dwell  with  thee. 


XV. 

God  fupreme  and  fdf-fuffic'ient. 
I. 

HAT  is  our  God,  or  what  his  name, 
Nor  loen  can  learn,  nor  angels  teach  ; 
He  dwells  conceal'd  in  radiant  flame, 
Where  neither  eyes  nor  thoughts  can  reach- 

Thef 


W 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  3^ 

IT. 
The  fpaci'ous  worlds  of  hcav'nly  light, 
Compar'd  with  him,  how  fliort  they  fall! 
They  are  too  dark,  and  he  too  bright, 
Nothing  are  they,  and  God  is  all. 

III. 
He  fpoke  the  wond'rous  word,  and  lo ! 
Creation  arofe  at  his  fcommand  : 
Whirlwinds  and  feas  their  limits  know. 
Bound  in  the  hollow  of  his  hand, 

IV. 
There  ref^s  the  earth,  there  roll  the  fplieres. 
There  nature  leans,  and  feels  her  prop: 
But  his  own  felf-fufficience  bears 
The  weight  of  his  own  glories  up. 

V. 
The  tide  of  creatures  ebbs  and  flows, 
Meafuring  their  changes  by  the  moon: 
No  ebb  his  fea  of  glory  knows  : 
His  age  is  one  eternal  noon. 

VI. 
Then  fly,  my  fbng,  an  endlefs  round. 
The  lofty  tune  let  Michael  raife  ; 
All  nature  dwell  upon  the  found, 
But  we  can  ne'er  fulfil  the  praife, 

D  SHORT 


^3  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

S  II  0  R  r      METRES. 

XVI. 

Hciftember your  Creator,   Scc.   Ecclef. 
I. 

CHILDREN  to  your  creator  God, 
Your  early  honors  pay, 
While  vanity  and  youthful  blood 

Would  tempt  your  thoughts  aftray. 
II. 
The  memory  of  his  mighty  name, 

Demands  your  firft  regard; 
Nor  dare  indulge  a  meaner  flame, 
'Till  you  have  lov'd  the  Lord. 
III. 
Be  wife,  and  make  his  favour  fure, 

Before  the  mournful  days, 
When  youth  and  mirth  are  known  no  more, 
And  life  and  ftrength  decay*. 
IV. 
No  m«re  the  bleflings  of  a  feafl: 

Shall  relijfh  on  the  tongue. 
The  heavy  ear  forgets  the  tafte 
And  pleafure  of  a  fong* 
V. 
Old  age  with  all  her  difmal  train, 

Invades  your  golden  years 
With  fighs  and  groans,  and  raging  pain, 
And  death  that  never  fpares.  • 


F9ALMI   AND   HYMHi«  3>^ 

VI. 

What  will  you  do  when  light  departs. 

And  leaves  your  withering  eyes, 
Without  one  beam  to  chcar  your  hearts, 
From  the  fuperior  ilcies  ? 
VII. 
How  will  you  meet  God's  frowning  brow, 

Or  {land  before  his  feat, 
VVhile  nature's  old  fupporters  bow. 
Nor  bear  iheir  tott'ring  weight  ? 
VHI. 
Can  you  cxpe£l  your  feeble  arms 

Shall  make  a  ftrong  defence, 
When  death  with  terrible  alarms. 
Summons  the  pris'uer  hence  ? 
UL 
The  filver  bands  of  nature  burfl; 

And  let  the  building  fall ; 
^he^efii  goes  down  to  mix  with  duft,. 
Its  ?ilc  original. 

X. 
Uaden  with  guilt,   (a  heavy  load). 

Uncleans'd  and  unforgiv  n, 
The  foul  returns  t'  an  angry  God,^ 
To  be  ihut  out  from  heav'a* 

XVJL 


tt 


40  Psalms  and  HyM^^^* 

xvw. 

A  Funersi  ^k§ught, 

A  RK  \  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  ifound. 
My  ears  atteod  the  cry, 
Ye  living  men  come  view  the  ground 
"  Where  you  muft  (hortly  lie. 
n. 

"  Princes,  this  clay  muft  be  your  bed, 

**  In  fpite  of  all  your  tow'rs; 
"  The  tall,  the  wife,  the  rev'rcnd  head 

'*  Mull  lie  ao  low  as  ours." 
II!. 
Great  God!  Is  this  our  certain  doom? 

And  are  we  ftill  fecure ! 
Still  walking  downward  to  our  tomb. 

And  yet  prepare  no  more  1 
IV. 
Grant  us  the  pow'rs  of  quick'ning  grace 

To  fit  our  fouls  to  fly  j 
Then  when  we  drop  this  dying  flefh. 

We'll  rife  above  the  flcy. 


H 


XVIII. 

A  general  Seng  of  Praife  to  God, 
I. 

OW  glorious  is  our  heavenly  King, 
Who  reigns  above  the  fliy  ? 


How 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  41 

How  fhall  a  child  prefumc  to  fing 
His  dreadful  Majefty  ? 
ir. 

How  grtat  his  pow'r  is  none  can  teU, 

Nor  think  how  large  his  grace  ; 
Not  men  below,   nor  faints  that  dwell 

On  high  before  his  face. 
III. 
Not  angels  that  ftand  round  the  Lord, 

Can  fearch  his  fecret  will ; 
But  they  perform  his  heav'nly  word, 

And  iing  his  praifes  Hill. 
IV. 
Then  let  me  join  this  holy  train,. 

And  my  firfl:  off  rings  brings 
Th'  eternal  God  will  not  difdain. 

To  hear  an  infant  fing. 
V. 
My  heart  refolves,  my  tongue  obeys. 

And  angels  fhall  rejoice 
To  hear  their  mighty  Maker's  gralfe 

Sung  from  a  feeble  voice. 

XIX. 

The  Jujl  called  to  fraife   God. 
1. 

LET  all  the  jufl  to  God  with  joy 
Their  chearful  voices  raifs; 

D  2  Foi 


42  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

For  well  the  righteous  It  becomes 

To  fing  glad  fongs  of  praife. 
II. 
Let  harps,  and  pfalteries,  and  lutes 

In  joyful  concert  meet ; 
And  new  made  fongs  of  loud  applaufe 

The  harmony  complete. 

III. 

Tor  faithful  is  the  word  of  God, 

His  works  with  truth  alj^und  ; 
He  juftice  loves,  and  all  the  earth 

Is  with  his  g-oodnefs  crown'd. 

IV. 
By  his  Almighty  word  at  firfl: 

Heaven's  glorious  arch  was  rear'd^ 
And  all  the  beauteous  hofts  of  light 
At  his  command  appeal 'd. 
V. 
The  fwelling  floods  together  rolled 

He  makes  in  heaps  to  lie ; 
And  lays,  as  in  a  ftorehoufe,  fafe. 
The  watVy  trcafures  by. 
VL 
Let  earth  and  all  that  dwell  therein 

Before  him  trembling  Hand ; 
For  when  he  fpake  the  word,  'twas  made^ 
'Twas  £;^'d  at  his  command* 

VIL 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  43 

v*i. 
"Whate'er  the  mighty  Lord  decrees 

Shall  ftand  for  ever  fure; 
The  fettled  purpofe  of  his  heart 

To  ages  fhaU  endure. 

XX. 

God  our  SbcpbetH. 
I. 

MY  Ihepherd  will  fupply  ray  need, 
Jehovah  is  his  name  ; 
In  pailures  frefli  he  makes  me  feed 
Befide  the  living  ftream. 
II. 
He  brings  my  wand 'ring  fpirit  back 

When  I  forfake  his  ways  ; 
And  leads  me  for  his  mercy's  fake 
In  paths  of  truth  and  grace. 

When  I  walk  through  the  pathi  of  death 

Thy  prefence  is  my  ftay, 
A  word  of  chy  fupporting  breath 

Drives  all  my  fears  away. 
IV. 
Thy  hand  in  fight  of  all  my  foes 

Doth  ftill  my  table  fpread, 
My  cup  with  bleffings  overflows. 

Thine  oil  a&oiats  my  he^. 


44  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

V. 

The  fure  provifions  of  my  God 

Attend  me  all  my  days  ; 
D  may  thy  ho-afe  be  mine  abode, 

And  all  my  work  be  praife  ! 
VI. 
There  would  I  find  a  fettled  reft, 

(While  others  go  and  come) 
No  more  a  ftranger  or  a  gueft,. 

But  like  a  child  at  home.. 

XXL 

^Lt  Nativity  ef  Chriji: 
I. 

«  Q  HEPHERDS,  rejoice,lift  up  your  eyes,. 
**  1^    And  fend  your  fears  away  ; 
**  News  from  the  region  of  the  Ikies, 
**  Salvation*s  born  to  day. 

•*'  Jefus,  the  God  whom  angels  fear, 
*'   Comes  down  to  dwell  with  you  ; 

**  To  day  he  makes  his  entry  here, 
**■  But  not  as  monarchs  do. 

«  No  gol6,  nor  purple  fwaddling  bandsj. 

<«  Nor  royal  fhining  things  ; 
««  A  manger  for  his  cradle  ftands, 

««  And  holds  the  King  of  kings* 

JL  V'< 


Psalms  and  Hyunb.  45 

IV. 
'*  Go,  flicpherds,  where  the  infant  lies, 

**  And  lee  his  humble  throne  ; 
**  With  tears  of  joy  in  all  your  eyes, 
**  Go,  (hepherds,  kifs  the  Son." 
V. 
Thus  Gabriel  fang,  and  flralt  around 

The  heavenly  armies  throng, 
They  tune  their  harps  to  lofty  found. 
And  thus  conclude  the  fong : 
VI. 

**   Glory  to  God  that   reigns  above, 

**   Let  peace  furround  the  earth  : 
*'  Mortals  fhall  know  their  Maker's  love, 

"  At  their  Redeemer's  birth." 
VII. 
Lord  !   and  fhall  angels  have  their  foogs. 

And  men  no  tunes  to  raife  ! 
O   may  we  lofe  thefe  ufelefs  tongues 

When  they  forget  to  praife! 
VIII. 
Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above. 

That  pitied  us  forlorn  : 
We  join  to  fing  our  Maker's  love. 

For  there's  a  Saviour  born. 


xxir. 


46         V§AU%i§  Ans  UieuHf, 

Fra'it  li/tf  urJ  fuciecding  Eternity,. 
I. 

THEE>  we  adore,  eternal  name. 
And  humbly  own  to  thee. 
How  feeble  Is  our  mortal  frame, 
What  dying  worms  are  wei 
1!. 
Our  wailing  lives  grow  (horter  flillj, 

As  months  and  days  increafe; 
And  ev'ry  beating  pulfe  we  tcU, 
Leaves  but  the  number  lefs. 
III. 
The  year  rolls  round,  and  fteals  away 

The  breath  that  firft  It  gave  ; 
Wha.te'er  we  do,  where'er  we  be, 
WeVe  trav'lling  to  the  grave.      " 

Dangers  ftand  thick  tlirough  all  the  ground 

To  pufli  us  to  the  tomb  ; 
And  fierce  difeafes  wait  around. 

To  hurry  mortals  home. 
V, 
Good  God !  on  wh^t  a  flender  thread 

Hang  everlafting  things ! 
Tb'  eternal  Hates  of  all  the  dead 

Upon  life's  feeble  firings. 


VL 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  4^ 

vr. 
Infinite  joy,   or  endlefs  wo, 
Attends  on  ev'ry  breath; 
And  yet  how  unconcern'd  we  go 
Upon  the  brink  of  death  ! 
VII. 

Waken,  O  Lord,  our  drowfy  fenfe, 

To  walk  this  dang'roiis  road  ; 
And  if  our  fouls  are  hurry'd  hence, 

May  they  be  found  with  God. 

XXIII. 

Tbankfgiviug  to   God  for  his  Mtrcies, 
J. 

THRO'  all  the  changing  fcenes  of  life, 
In  trouble  and  in  joy, 
The  praifes  of  my  God  fhall  ftill 
My  heart  and  tongue  employ. 
II. 
Of  his  delivVance  I  will  boaft, 

Till  all  that  are  diftreft, 
From  my  example  comfort  take, 
And  <:harm  their  griefs  to  reft. 

III. 
O !  magnify  the.^Lord  with  me ; 

With  me  exalt  his  name, 
When  in  diftrefs  to  him   I  call'd, 
He  to  my  rcfcue  came. 

IV. 


48  Psalms  ano  Hymns. 

IV. 
Their  dropping  hearts  were  foon  refrefh'd. 

Who  look.'d  to  him  for  aid; 
Defir'd  fuccefs  in  ev'ry  face 

A  chearful  air  difplay'd. 
V. 
*^  Behold,  fay  they,  behold  the  man 

**  Whom  Providence  reliev'd  ; 
^*  So  dang'roufly  with  foes  befet^ 

*'   So  wond'roufly  retrieved  !" 
VI. 
The  hofts  of  God  encamp  around 

The  dwellings  of  the  juft  ; 
Dellv Vance  he  affords  to  all 

Who  on  his  fuccour  truft. 

vii: 

O  !   make  but  trial  of  his  lore, 

Experience  will  decide, 
How  bleft  they  are,  and  only  they, 

Who  in  his  trull  confid^ 
VIII. 
Fear  him,  ye  faints,  and  you  will  then 

Have  nothing  elfe  to  fear  ; 
Make  you  his  fcrvice  your  delight. 

He'll  make  your  wiints  his  care. 

XXIV. 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  49 

XXIV. 

the   Vanity  of  Man  as   Mortal. 
I. 

TEACH  me  the  raeafare  of  my  days, 
Thou  Maker  of  my  frame  ; 
I  would  fdrvey  hfe's  narrow  fpace. 
And  learn  how  frail  I  am. 
II. 
A  fpan  is  all  that  we  can  boaft. 

An  inch  or  two  of  time  j 
Man  is  but  vanity  and  duft 
In  all  his  flow*r  and  prime. 

III. 
See  the  vain  race  of  mortals  move 

Like  ihadows  o'er  the  plain  ; 
They  rage  and  ftrive,  defire  and  love. 
But  all  the  noife  is  vain. 
IV. 
Some  walk  in  honour's  gaudy  {how, 

Some  dig  for  golden  ore; 
They  toil  for  heirs  they  know  not  who. 
And  ftraight  are  fcen  no  more. 
V. 
What  fhould  I  wirti  or  wait  for  then 

From  creatures,   earth  and  duft, 
They  make  our  expeftations  vain. 
And  difappoint  our  truft. 

E  VX, 


5©  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

VI. 
Now  I  forbid  my  carnal  hope, 

My  fond  defires  recal ! 
I  give  my  mortal  int'reft  up. 

And  make  my  God  my  all. 

XXV. 

The  Song  of  Angels.    Luke  ii. 
L 
■^TTHile  fhepherds  watch'd  their  flocks  by 
^^     All  feated  on  the  ground,  £night. 

The  angel  of  the  Lord  came  down. 
And  glory  fhone  around. 

n. 

«  Fear  not,  faid  he,   (for  mighty  dread 

had  feiz'd  their  troubled  mind  ;) 
"  Glad  tidings  of  great  joy  I  bring 
"  To  you  and  all  mankind, 
in, 
"  To  you  in  David's  town  this  day^ 

**  Is  born  of  David's  line, 
«  The  Saviour  who  is  Chriil  the  Lord  ; 
**  And  this  fhall  be  the  fign  : 
IV. 
'<  The  heavenly  babe,  you  there  fhall  find 

**  To  human  view  difplay'd, 
*<  All  meanly  wrapt  in  fwathing  bands, 
*^  And  in  a  manger  laid.** 


FSALMS    AND    HymnS.  5I 

V. 
Thus  fpake  the  feraph,  and  forthwith 

Appear'd  a  fhining  throng 
Of  angels,  praifing  God,  who  thus 

Addrefs'd  their  joyful  fong  : 
VI. 
*<  All  glory  be  to  God  on  high, 

"  And  to  the  earth  be  peace  ; 
**  Good-will,  henceforth,  from  heav'n  to  men- 

**  Begin  and  never  ceafe. 

XXVI. 

The  Song  of  Alcn^  refponji've  to  the  Song  of  Augtis, 
I. 

"XTTHILE  angels  thus,  O  Lord]  rejoice, 
^  '        Shall  men  no  anthem  raife? 
O  may  we  lofe  thefe  ufelefs  ton  gues, 
When  we  forget  to  praife  ! 
II. 
Then  lot  us  fwell  refpanfive  notes, 
And  join  the  heav'nly  throng  ; 
For  angels  no  fuch  love  have  known 
As  we,  to  wake  their  fong  1 
III. 
Good-will  to  finful  duft  is  fbewn, 
And  peace  on  earth  is  giv'n  ; 
For  lo !   th*  incarnate  Saviour  comes, 
With  news  ^f  ^y  from  heav'n  ! 

IV. 


52  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

IV. 
Mercy  and  truth,  with  fvveet  accord. 

His  lifing  beams  adorn  ! 
Let  heav'n  and  earth  in  concert  ling, 

**  The  promised  child  is  born  !* 
V. 
Glory  to  God,  in  highefl  ftrains. 

By  highefl  worlds  is  paid! 
Be  glory,  then,  by  us  proclaim'd. 

And  by  our  lives  difplay'd  ; 
VI. 
Till  we  attain  thofe  blifsful  realms. 

Where  now  our  Saviour  reigns^ 
To  rival  the  celeftial  choirs 

In  their  immortal  ilrains  1 


short:    m  e  tl  r  e  s. 

XXVII. 

I. 
LEST  are  the  fons  of  peace, 

Whofe  hearts  and  hopes  are  one, 

Whofe  kind  defigns  to  ferve  and  pleafe 
Through  all  their  aftions  run. 

11. 
Bleft  is  the  pious  koufc 
Where  zeal  and  friendihip  meet, 

Their 


B 


Psalms  and  Hitmns.  53 

Their  fongs  of  praife,  their  mingled  vows 

Make  their  communion  fvveet, 
III. 

Thus  when  on  Aaron's  head 

They  pour'd  the  rich  perfume. 
The  oil  through  all  his  raiment  fpread, 

And  pleafure  fiU'd  the  room. 
IV. 

Thus  on  the  heavenly  hills 

The  faints  are  bleft  above, 
Where  joy  like  morning  dcwdiftils. 

And  all  the  air  is  love. 

XXVIII. 

^be  bUJfednefs  of  Gofpd-iimes. 
I. 

HOW  beauteous  are  their  feet 
Who  ftand  on  Zion's  hill. 
Who  bring  falvation  on  their  tongue^, 
And  words  of  peace  reveal  i 
II. 
How  charming  is  their  voice. 
How  fweet  the  tidings  are, 
**  Zion,  behold  thy  Saviour  king, 
**  He  reigns  and  triumphs  here/ 
in. 
How  happy  are  our  ears. 
That  hear  this  joyful  found, 

E  2  Whick 


54         Psalms  and  Hymns. 

Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 

And  fought,  l>ut  never  found. ! 
IV. 
How  bleffed  are  our  eyes 

That  fee  this  heav'nly  light ! 
Prophets  and  kings  defir'd  it  long, 

But  dy'd  without  the  fight. 
V. 
The  watchmen  join  their  voice. 

And  tuneful  notes  employ; 
Jerufakm  breaks  forth  in  fongs. 

And  defarts  karn  the  joy, 
VI. 
Tl'he  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 

Through  all  the  earth  abroad  | 
X,et  every  nation  now  behold 

Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 

XXIX. 

-~     Thi  frailty  and  Jbortnefs  nf  life, 
I. 

LORD,  what  a  feeble  piece 
Is  this  our  mortal  frame  ? 
Our  life  how  poor  a  trifle  'tis, 

That  fcarce  deferves  the  namei 

II. 
Alas,  the  brittle  clay 
That  built  gur  tody  firft ! 


Psalms  and  Htmns.         ,55 

And  ev'ry  month  and  ev'ry  day 
'TIs  mould'ring  back  to  duft. 
III. 
Our  moments  fly  apace, 
Nor  will  our  minutes  flay  ; 
Juft  like  a  flood  our  hafty  days 
Are  fwceping  u*  away. 

IV. 
Well,  if  our  days  muft  fly. 
We'll  keep  their  end  in  fight. 
We'll  fpend  them  all  in  wifdom's  way^ 
And  let  them  fpecd  their  flight. 

V. 
They'll  waft  us  fooner  o'er 
This  life's  tempelluous  fea  ; 
Soon  fhall  we  reach  the  peaceful  fhore 
Of  bleft  eternity. 


FARTICULAR    METRES. 

XXX. 

Cod  our  P  refer ver. 
I. 

UPWARD  I  lift  my  eyes. 
From  God  is  all  my  aid:; 
The  God  that  built  the  flcies. 
And  earth  and  nature  made^ 


^od 


$6  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

God  is  the  tow'r 

To  which  I  fly  ; 

His  grace  is  nigh 

In  ev'ry  hour. 

II. 
"My  feet  (hall  never  flide. 
And  fall  in  fatal  fnares. 
Since  God  my  guard  and  guide 
Defends  me  from  my  fears,. 

Thofe  wakeful  eyes 

That  never  fleep 

Shall  Ifra'l  keep 

When  dangers  rife.. 
III. 
No  burning  heats  by  day. 
Nor  blafts  of  ev'ning  air 
Shall  take  my  health  away,. 
If  G^^  t>e  with  me  there  : 

Thou  art  my  fun. 

And  thou  my  fhade. 

To  guard  my  head 

By  night  or  nocm. 
IV. 
Haft  thou  not  giv'n  thy  word 
To  fave  my  foul  from  death; 
And  T  can  truft  my  Lord 
To  keep  my  jugrtal  breath  i 


I'll 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  57 

I'll  go  and  come 
Nor  fear  to  die. 
Till  from  on  high 
Thou  call  me  home. 

XXXI. 

Longing  for   God, 
1. 

OGOD,  my  gracious  God,  to  thee 
My  morning  pray*rs  fhall  offered  bc^ 
For  me  thy  thirily  foul  does  pant ; 
My  fainting  flefh  implores  thy  grace, 
Within  this  dry  and  barren  place. 
Where  I  refreihing  waters  want, 
tl, 
O  !  to  my  longing  eyes  once  more. 
That  view  of  glorious  pow'r  reftore. 

Which  thy  majeftic  houfe  difplays  : 
Becaufe  to  me  thy  wond'rous  love 
Than  life  itfelf  does  dearer  prove, 
My  lips  fhall  always  fpeak  thy  praifc. 
HI. 
My  life,  while  I  that  life  enjoy. 
In  blefling  God  I  will  employ. 

With  lifted  hands  adore  his  name  : 
My  foul's  content  fhall  be  as  great, 
As  theirs  who  choiceft  dainties  eat. 
While  I  with  joy  his  praife  proclaim. 

IV* 


58  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

IV. 
When  I  lie  down,  fweet  fleep  to  find, 
Thou,  Lord,  art  prefent  to  my  mind, 

And  when  I  wak.€  in  dead  of  night : 
Becaufe  thou  ftill  doft  fuccour  bring, 
Beneath  the  fhadow  of  thy  wing, 

I  reft  with  fafety  and  delight. 

XXXII. 

Rejoicing  in   God,. 
I. 

OPraife  yc  the  Lord, 
Prepare  your  glad  voice,: 
His  praife  in  the  great 

Affembly  to   fing. 
In  our  great  Creator, 

Let  Ifra'l  rejoice, 
A.nd  children  of  Zion 
Be  glad  in  their  King, 
II. 
Let  tliein  his  gr^at  name 

Extol  in  the  dance  ; 
With  timbrel  and  barp 
His  praifes  ^xprefs ; 
Who  always  takes  pleafurc 

His  faints  to  advance, 
And  with  his  falvation 
TJie  huqablc  to  blcfe. 


D  ox: 


Psalms  anp  Hymns.  ^9 

doxologies, 

Long   Metre. 

PRalfe  God,  from  whom  all  blefllngs  flow, 
Praife  him  all  creatures  here  below, 
Praife  him  above,   ye  heavenly  hod, 
Praife  Father,  Son,  and  holy  Ghofl;. 

Common    Metre. 

To  Father,  Son,  and.  Holy  Ghoft, 

The  God  whom  we  adore. 
Be  glory,  as  it  was   of  old. 

Is  now,  and  fhall  be  evermore. 

Short  Metre. 

To  God  the  Father,  Son, 

And  Spirit  glory  be  ; 
As  'twas,  and  is,  and  fhall  be  fo 

To  all  eternity. 

Particular   Metre. 

To   God,  the  Father,  Son, 
And  Spirit,  ever  blefs'd. 
Eternal  thr^e  in  one. 
All  worihip  be  addrefs'd. ; 
As  heretofore 
It  was,  is  now. 
And  fhall  be  fo 
For  evermore. 

CHANTS, 


6o  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

CHANTS. 

OCome,  let  us  fing  unto  the  Lord:    let 
us  heartily  rejoice  in    the   ftrength  of 
our  falvation. 

Let  US  come  before  hisprefence  with  thankf- 
giving  :  and  fhew  ourfelves  glad  in  him  with 
pfalms. 

For  the  Lord  is  a  great  God  :  and  a  great 
King  above  all  gods. 

In  his  hand  are  all  the  corners  of  the  earth: 
and  the  ftrength  of  the   hills  is  his  alfo. 

The  fea  is  his,    and    he  made  it  and   hi5 
hands  prepared  the  dry  lands. 

O   come,  let  us  worfiiip,  and   fall  down  ; 
and  kneel  before  the  Lord  our  Maker. 

OBe  joyful  in  the  Lord,  all  ye  lands : 
ferve  the  Lord  with  gladnefs,  and  come 
before  his  prefence  with  a  fong. 

Be  ye  fure  that  the  Lord  he  is  God  ;  it  is 
he  that  hath  made  us,  and  not  we  ourfelves  : 
we  are  his  people,  and  the  fheep  of  his  pafture. 
O  go  your  way  into  his  gates  with  thankf- 
giving,  and  into  his  courts  with  praife  :  be 
thankfulunto  him,  and  fpeak  good  of  his  name. 
For  the  Lord  is  gracious,  his  mercy  is  ever- 
lafting :  and  his  truth  endureth  from  genera- 
t.'on  to  generation. 

FINIS. 
0*  Pajre^Sf/or  Short  Metres  read  Common  Metres. 


Psalms  and  Hymns.  6i 

[]^  After  the  foregoing  luasfiriick  ojf^ 
it  ivas  thonzht  proter  to  add  the 
following  ;J 

XXXIII. 

Cbri/t's   Trii.'/nJ>B. 
I. 

REJOICE,  the  Lord  Is  King; 
Your  Lord  and  King  adore; 
Mortals,  give  thanks,  and  fing, 
And  triumph  evermore. 
Lift  up  your  heart,  lift  up  your  voice, 
Rejoice,  again  I  lay  rejoice. 

II. 
Jefus  the  Saviour  reigns. 
The  God  of  truth  and  love: 
VVhen  he  had  purg'd  our  ftalns, 
He  took  his  feat  above. 
IJft  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice, 
Rejoice,  again  I  fay  rejoice. 

III. 
His  kingdom  cannot  fall, 
Pie  rules  o'er  earth  and  heav*n ! 
The  keys  of  death  and  hell 
Are  to  our  Jefus  giv'n. 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice, 
Reioice,   ae^aln  I  fay  rejoice. 

F  IV 


62  Psalms  and  Hymnst^ 

IV. 

He  all  his  foes  fliall  quell, 

Shall  all  our  fins  deilroy. 

And  ev'ry  bofom  fwell 

With  pure  feraphic  joy. 

I^ift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voicey 

Rejoice,  again  I  fay  rejoice. 

V. 
Rejoice  In  glorious  hope, 
J.efus  the  Judge  fliall  come^ 
And  take  his  fervants  up, 
To  tlieir  eternal  home. 
We  fooii  fiiall  hear  th'  arch  angeKs  voice. 
The  trump  of  God  (liall  found,  rejoice. 

XXXIV. 

From  t/jd  136//6  0/  Dwoii!, 
1. 

r-r^O  God,  the  Mighty  Lord, 
X      Your  joyful  thanks  repeat  i 
To  hioi  due  praife  afford, 
As  good  as  he  is  great. 

For  God  does  prove 

Our  conftant  friend. 

His  boundlcfs  love 

Shall  never  end. 
II, 
To  him  whofe  vvo^d'rous  pow'r 
All  other  Gods  obey,. 


PsAi,M3   AND  Hymns.  ^; 

"Whom  earthly  kings  adore, 
This  grateful  homage  pay. 
For  God,  ^c. 

By  his  Almighty  hand 
Amazing  works  are  wrought; 
The  heav'ns  by  his  command 
Were  to  perfect  ion  brought » 
For  God,  &c. 

IV. 
Jle  fpread  the  ocean  round 
About  the  fpacious  la.nd  ; 
And  made  the  riling  grouod 
Above  the  waters  Hand. 
For  God,   ySfc\ 

V. 

Thro'  heav'n  he  did  difplay 
His  num'rous  hotls  of  light; 
The  fun  to  rule  by  day, 
The  moon  and  flars  by  nighty 

For  God,  ^c, 
VI. 
He  does  the  food  fupply, 
On  which  all  creatures  live  : 
To  God  who  reigns  on  high 
Eternal  praifes  give. 

Fur  God  will  prove 

-Our  ^uftant  friend, 


m 


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64  Psalms  and  Hymns. 

His  boundlefs  love 
Shall  never  ei»d. 

XXXV. 

Pralfe  to  God  for  his  goodnefs  and  truth. 
I. 

^LL   pralfe  my  maker  with  my  breath  ; 

And  when  my  voice  is  loft  in  death 
Praife  fhall  employ  my  nobler  pow'rs : 
My  days  of  praife  fliall  ne'er  be  paft. 
While  life  and  thought  and  being  laft. 
Or  iraftiortality  endm-es. 
II. 
Why  fhould  I  make  a  man  my  truft  ? 
Princes  muft  die  and  turn  to  duft: 

Vain  is  the  help  of  flcfh  and  blood  : 
Their  breath  departs,  their  pomp  «ud  pow*r 
And  thoughts  ail  vanifti  in  an  hour, 

Nor  can  they  make  their  promife  good. 
III. 
Happy  the  man  whofe  hopes  rely  ^ 

On  Ifra'l's  God  :   he  made  the  fl<:y. 

And  earth  and  feas  with  all  their  train  : 
His  truth  forever  (lands  fecure  ; 
He  faves  th'  oppreft,  he  feeds  the  poor. 
And  none  fhall  find  his  promife  vain. 
IV. 
The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  give  the  blind  ; 
The  Lord  fupporti  the  fmking  mind  j 

He 


PsAtMS  AND  Hymns.  i^ 

He  fends  the  lab*ring  confclence  peace, 
He  helps  the  Granger  in  diilrefs, 
The  widow  and  the  fatheilcfs, 

And  grants  the  pris'ner  fweet  releafe. 
V. 
"He  loves  his  faints,  he  knows  them  well. 
But  turns  the   wicked  down  to  hell ; 

Thy  God,  O  Zion,  ever  reigns : 
Let  ev'ry  tongue,  let  ev'ry  age 
In  this  exalted  work  engage  ; 
Praife  him  in  everlafting  drains. 
IV. 
I'll  praife  him  w^ile  he  lends  me  breath. 
And  when  my  voice  is  loft  in  death 

Praife  fhall  employ  my  nobler  pow'rs^ 
My  days  of  praife  fhall  ne'er  be  paft. 
While  life  and  thought  and  being  lail, 
Or  immortality  endures. 

Prom  the  IX ^fb  of  David, 
I. 

YE  faints  and  fervants  of  the  Lord, 
The  triumphs  of  his  name  record  : 
His  facred  'name  forever  blefs. 
Where-e'er  the  circling  fun  difplays 
His  rifing  beams,  or  fetting  rays, 

Due  praife  to  his  great  name  addrcfs. 

F  2  U. 


^6  Psalms  and  Hymms. 

II. 
God  thro'  the  world  extends  his  fway* 
The  regions  of  eternal  day 

But  fhadows  of  his  glory  are. 
To  him  whofe  majefty  excels, 
Who  made  the  heav'n  wherein  he  dwells, 

Letno  created  power  compare. 

XXXVII. 

Chrijl^s   AJcittftoflm 
I. 

HAIL  the  day  that  fees  him  rife, 
Ravilh'd  from  our  wifliful  eyes  I 
Chriit  a  whik  to  mortals  giv'n, 
Re-afcends  his  native  heaven. 
There  the  pompous  triumph  waits: 
*'  I^ift  your  heads,  eternal  gates! 
"  Wide  unfold  the  radiant  fcene, 
"  Take  the  King  of  glory  in! 

II. 
Him  though  highefl  heav'n  receives, 
Still  he  loves  the  earth  he  leaves  ; 
Though  returning  to  his  throne. 
Still  he  calls  mankind  his  own: 
Still  for  us  lie  intercedes, 
Prevalent  his  death  he  pleads; 
Next  himfelf  prepare's  our  place, 
Hr.ibinc^er  of  hunian  race. 


JIL 


Psalms  and  Hymns,  6"] 

III. 
Mader  (may  we  ever  fay) 
Taken  from  our  head  to-day  ; 
See  thy  faithful  fervants  fee, 
Ever  gazing  up  to  thee  ! 
Grant,  though  parted  from  our  fight. 
High  above  yon  azure  height, 
Grant  OHjr  hearts  may  thither  rife, 
Foirwing  thee  beyond  the  fides- 

VI, 
Ever  upward  let  us  move. 
Wafted  on  the  wings  of  love. 
Looking,  when  our  Lord  fliall  Gome, 
Longing,  gafping  after  home  ; 
There  we  Ihall  with  thee  remain  ; 
Part'ners  of  this  endlefs  reign  ; 
There  thy  face  unclouded  fee. 
Find  our  heav'n  of  heav'ns  in  thee. 

XXXVIII. 

Going  to  church. 
I. 

HOW  pleasM  and  bleft  was  I, 
To  hear  the  people  cry, 
**  Come,  let  us  feek.  our  God  to  dayj" 
Yes,  with  a  chearful  zeal 
We  hafte  to  Zion's  nil]. 
And  there  our  vows  andijonours  pay. 


68  Psalms  and  Hymns* 

IT. 

Zion  thrice  happy  place 
Adorn'd  with  wondrous  grace, 
And  walls  of  ftrength  embrace  thee  round: 
In  thee  our  tribes  appear 
To  pray,  and  praife,  and  hear 
The  facred  gofpePs  joyful  found. 
III. 
There  David's  greater  Son 
Has  fix'd  his  royal  throne, 
He  fits  for  grace  and  judgment  there; 
He  bids  the  faints  be  glad, 
He  makes  the  finner  fad, 
And  humble  fouls  rejoice  with  fear. 
IV. 
May  peace  attend  thy  gate. 
And  joy  within  thee  wait 
To  blefs  the  foul  of  ev*ry  gueft  ; 

The  man  that  feeks  thy  peace. 
And  wifhes  thine  increafe, 
A  thoufand  bleflings  on  him  reft  i 

V. 
My  tongue  repeats  her  vows. 

"  Peace  to  tliis  facred  houfe  P* 
For  there  my  friends  and  kindred  dwell ; 
And  fince  my  glorious  God 
Makes  thee  his  bleft  abode. 
My  foul  {hall  everlove  thee  well. 


XXXIX. 


Psalms  and  Hymns,  5^ 

XXXIX. 

The  ^btb  of  David. 
I. 

SING  to  the  Lord  a  new  made  fong; 
Let  earth  in  one  aflembled  throng,' 
Her  common  patron's  praife  refound* 
Sing  to  the  Lord  and  blefs  his  name, 
From  day  to  day  his  praife  proclaim. 
Who  us  has  \\ith  falvation  crown'd. 
To  heathen  lands  his  fame  rehearfe, 
His  wonders  to  the  univerfe, 
II. 

He's  great,  and  greatly  to  be  prais'd* 
In  majefty  and  glory   rais'd 

Above  all  other  deities; 
For  pageantry  and  idols  all 
Are  they  whom  gods  the  heathen  call* 

He  only  rules  who  made  the  flcies. 
With  majefty  and  honour  crown'd, 
J3eauty  and  ftrength  his  throne  furround: 

III. 
Be  therefore  both  to  him  reftor'd. 
By  you  who  have  falfe  gods  ador'd, 

Afcribe  due  honour  to  his  name; 
Peace-ofF'rings  on  his  altar  lay. 
Before  his  throne  your  homage  pay. 

Which  he,  and  he  alone,  can  claim- 
To  worfhip  at  his  facred  court, 
Let  all  the  trembling  ^-orld  refort. 


JO  TsAh'MS    AN^5    nYMNS. 

IV. 
Proclaim  aloud,  Jehovah  reigns, 
Whofe  pOw'r  the   unlverfe  fuftains, 

And  banlfh'd  juftice  will  reftore: 
Let  therefore  heav'n  new  joys  confefs, 
And  heav'nly  mirth  let  earth  exprefs, 

Its  loud  applaufe  the  ocean  roar; 
Its  mute  inhabitants  rejoice. 
And  for  his  triumph  find  a  voice. 

V. 
For  joy  let  fertile  vallies  Cing, 
The  chearful  groves  their  tribute  bring; 

The  tuneful  choir  of  birds  awake. 
The  Lord's  approach  to  celebrate, 
"Who  nov*  fets  out  with  awful  ftate. 

His  circuit  through  the  earth  to  take, 
prom  heav'n  to  judge  the  world  he's  come^ 
With  juitice  to  reward  and  doom, 

SHOUT      M  E  r  R  R, 

XL. 

I. 

TO  blefs  thy  chofen  race. 
In  mercy.   Lord,  incliae; 
And  caufe  the  brightnefs  of  thy  facf 
On  all  thy  faints  to  fhinej 
II. 
That  fo  thy  wond'rous  way 

Hay  thro'  the  world  be  known 4 

VL 


Psalms  and  Hymn5.  'jj 

Whilfl:  diftant  lands  their  tribute  pay. 

And  thy  falvation  own. 
III. 
Let  dIfPring  nations  join 

To  celebrate  thy  fame; 
Let  all  the  world,   O  Lord,   c-ombmc 

To  praife  thy  glorious  name. 
IV. 
O  let  them  (hout  and  fin^, 

Diflblv'd  in  pious  mirth; 
For  thon,  the  righteous  judge  and  king, 

Shalt  govern  all  the  earth. 

CHANT. 

GLory  be  to  God  on  high,  and  in  earth  peace,  good, 
will  towards  men.  We  praiic  thee,  we  llefs 
thfe,  we  vvorfhip  thee,  we  glorify  thi.e,  we  give  thanks 
to  thee  for  thy  great  glory,  O  Lord  GocJ,  heavenly 
king,  God  the  Father  Almighty. 

O  Lord,  the  only  begottea  Sen  Jefus  Chrift;  O  Lord 
God,  Lamb  of  God,  who  haft  taken  away  the  fins  of 
the  world,  and  now  Cttcfl  at  the  right  hand  of  God 
the  Father,  have  mercy  upon  us. 

For  thou  only  art  holy;  thou  only  art  the  Lord; 
thou  only,  O  Chrifl:,  with  the  Holy  Ghofl,  art  mofl 
high  in  the  glory  of  God  the  Father.     Amen. 

Table  cf  Firjl  Lines. 

BPage 
EFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne         -         -       iS 
Bleft  arc  the  Tons  of  peace         -  .         -  5a 

Children,  to  your  Creator,   God,  -         -         S^ 

Etereal  fovuxt  oi  ev'ry  joy        -        -        -        -     16 


From  alt  that  dwell  below  the  fkles 

Faireft  of  all  the  lights  above 

Give  to  the  Lord  immortal  praife  -         -    , 

Hark  !  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  found 

How  beauteous  are  their  feet         -  -       - 

How  pleas'd  and  bleft  was  I  _         _         _ 

Hail  the  day  that  fees  him  rife 

How  glorious  is  our  heav'nty  king 

I'll  praife  my  maker  with  my  breath     - 

Lord  thoi>  haft  fearch'd  and  feen  me  thro' 

Let  all  the  juft  to  God  with  joy         -         -       - 

Lord  what  a  feeble  piece  -  -         - 

My  foul  thy  great  Creator  praife 

My  God  how  endlefs  is  thy  love         -         .         - 

My  flicpherd  will  fupply  my  need 

O  come  loud  Anthems  let  us  fing       -         -        - 

O  God  my  gracious  God  to  thee         -         -         - 

O  praife  ye  the  Lord  -         - 

O  the  immenfe  the  amazing  height 

Rejoice  the  Lord  is  king  _         _  - 

Show  pity  Lord  O  Lord  forgive       -         - 

Shepherds  rejoice  lift  up  your  eyes        -         -       - 

Sing  to  the  Lord  a  new  made  fong 

The  fpacious  firmament  on  high  -  -       - 

The  foul  that's  fill'd  with  virtue's  light     - 

Thro'  ev'ry  age  eternal  God  _         -         - 

Thee  we  adore  eternal  name 

Thro'  all  the  changing  fccnes  of  life 

Teach  me  the  meafure  of  my  days       -         -         - 

To  blefs  thy  chofen  race  -         -       - 

yo  God  the  mighty  Lord  -  -         - 

Upwards  I  lift  mine  eyes     .  "         '         " 

What  is  our  God  or  what  his  name     -         - 

While  fliepherds  watch'd  their  flocks  by  night 

While  angels  thus  O  Lord  rejoice         -         -         - 

Ye  faints'and  fervants  of  the  Lord 

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